Nobody Expected the American Inquisition

From Atrios, this summary of the latest torture revelations, mostly the stuff that's appeared in the NYT of late.

As you know, the Bush administration has basically now adopted the methods of the USSR and Maoist China, but with what might be considered a slightly new twist--or at least a new emphasis. We're now fusing torture and propaganda into a seamless synthetic whole. The administration tortures people until they say what the administration wants them to say, and then takes that (dis)information and reports it to us to convince us that the administration was right and that, among other things, we need to torture us some more people.

But don't worry--the people we're torturing are all dark-skinned, and they talk funny and have this totally crazy religion. It's totally different than torturing Americans.

I'm understanding more and more why so many people hate America. I am disgusted by the actions of my country.